Month July 1975
Chapin nears perfection at SPAC
by Steve Grandin, The Saratogian
What is a perfect concert? Well, first you need an artist who has both talent and charisma. Then you need a crowd that knows the performer and wants him to …
Chapin keeps it in the family at SPAC date
by James J. Hohman, The Knickerbocker News, July 29, 1975
Harry Chapin the musician and Harry Chapin the lyricist and Harry Chapin the poet and Harry Chapin the storyteller and Harry …
Carpenters, Sedaka, give crowd money’s worth
by Craig Wilson, The Saratogian
Audiences usually have to sit through mediocre warm-up acts before they get to see the stars they came to see.
The crowd at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center last …
Carpenters charm crowd with old, familiar tunes
by Bruce Husten, The Knickerbocker News, July 28, 1975
Even if he had tried, Shakespeare couldn’t have come up with a more soothing, refreshing midsummer night’s dream for the 9,500 people who came …
(editor’s note – Phoebe Snow was the originally scheduled opener, but canceled.)
Taylor cheered by 12,000 at SPAC performance
by Chat Blakeman, The Saratogian
James Taylor returned to Saratoga Performing Arts Center for the second year in a row Sunday …
(editor’s note – Phoebe Snow was the originally scheduled opener, but canceled.)
Photo by Steven S. Lovelett, The Times Record, July 21, 1975
(editor’s note – Phoebe Snow was the originally scheduled opener, but canceled.)
James Taylor in concert
Photo by Hubbard, Bennington Banner, July 23, 1975
(editor’s note – Muddy Waters was the scheduled opener, but canceled the day of the show. Eros replaced him.)
(editor’s note – This date was originally scheduled to be Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge, and Billy Swan, but Kristofferson was forced …
(editor’s note – Muddy Waters was the scheduled opener, but canceled the day of the show. Eros replaced him.)
(editor’s note – This date was originally scheduled to be Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge, and Billy Swan but Kristofferson was forced …
(editor’s note – Muddy Waters was the scheduled opener, but canceled the day of the show)
(editor’s note – This date was originally scheduled to be Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge, and Billy Swan but Kristofferson was forced to cancel due …
(editor’s note – Muddy Waters was the scheduled opener, but canceled the day of the show)
(editor’s note – This date was originally scheduled to be Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge, and Billy Swan but Kristofferson was forced to cancel due …
(editor’s note – Joe Cocker was originally scheduled as the opener, but was replaced by Livingston Taylor)
A SPAC tidal wave swamps the rock
by Dennis Law, The Knickerbocker News, July 7, 1975
It happens frequently at Saratoga Performing Arts …